Linda Acredolo Livres

Describes how parents and caregivers can teach babies nonverbal gestures to communicate before they are old enough to use spoken language.

"Babies' actions often speak louder than words! Understanding those actions--and responding appropriately to them--is the key to giving your child a head start to a healthy and happy future. This comprehensive guide will help you help your child express emotions effectively, develop empathy, form healthy friendships, and cope with specific challenges"--Back cover

More than 65 delightful games and activities to jump-start your baby's amazing brainpower Can simply singing a song or blowing a dandelion under a toddler's nose help her mind to blossom? Can your baby count, remember events, and solve problems even before he can talk? The exciting answer to both questions is yes! Breakthrough research is revealing the extraordinary inborn abilities of infants. It is also showing how experiences during the first years of life profoundly influence intelligence, creativity, language development-and even later reading and math skills. Now two psychologists and child development experts-authors of the bestselling Baby Signs-have created a delightful guide for parents based on the most up-to-date knowledge of how babies discover the world. You'll learn how to: Create a homemade mobile to stimulate your three- month-old's delight in solving problems Play a patty-cake game to help your two-year-old make logical connections Initiate bedtime conversations that build your child's memory and sense of personal history Develop Baby Signs to help your toddler communicate before he or she can talk Stimulate your child's natural number skills with puppets and counting games Use nursery rhymes and special read-aloud techniques to foster reading readiness Nurture budding creativity with humor and fantasy play And much more! Baby Minds is not another program for creating super babies. Instead it builds on activities that babies instinctively love to develop their unique abilities and make your daily interactions full of the joy of discovery-for both of you

Focusing on the concept of baby signing, this book empowers infants to communicate their needs, particularly during mealtime. It illustrates how babies can express desires such as wanting more food, indicating when something is too hot, or signaling that they've finished eating. This approach enhances understanding between parents and babies, fostering a more interactive and responsive feeding experience.

Focusing on early communication, this book introduces ten essential baby signs to help parents connect with their little ones. It encourages interaction by showcasing how simple gestures, like waving goodbye, can open the door to a broader range of expressive possibilities for babies.